The personal and professional: Nurses' lived experiences of adoption

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 79-86

  Foli, Karen J ^a   Schweitzer, Roberta ^a   Wells, Courtenay ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adoption; mental health; nurses; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOPTION; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CHILD; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 84874935108     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: 15390683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0b013e3182763446     Document Type: Article

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